Mass Shootings in the US

Over the last decade, the frequency of mass shootings within the United States have soared significantly. This is a huge problem that is sadly becoming too commonplace within our country. The frequency of these mass shootings are desensitizing us to such tragic events forcing us to feel less and less shocked evertime a shooting occurs. 37 out of our 50 states have experienced these unfortunate attacks. Additionally, the average injury count per mass shooting is about 4. In 2018 alone, 340 mass shooting occured across the country, responsible for 373 deaths on innocent citizens. The city impacted most by mass shootings (deadliest mass shooting) was Pompano Beach (Parkland) with a total death toll of 17.

2018 Mass Shootings Overview:
shootings_occured lives_lost avg_injuries_per_shooting number_of_states_affected
340 373 4 37

Table of all US Mass Shootings in 2018:

date state city address num_killed num_injured
December 31, 2018 Ohio Cleveland 4462 Denison Ave 3 2
December 29, 2018 Ohio Lima 904 S Main St 1 3
December 28, 2018 Missouri Saint Charles 150 Whetstone Dr 4 1
December 24, 2018 Louisiana Lutcher 2176 Main St 2 2
December 23, 2018 Missouri Springfield 1042 W College St 0 7
December 22, 2018 Nevada Las Vegas 3528 S Maryland Pkwy 0 4
December 18, 2018 Maryland Baltimore 3942 Park Heights Ave 0 5
December 15, 2018 Florida Miami 239 NW 16th St 0 5
December 14, 2018 Colorado Colorado Springs 700 block of Geiger Ct 1 3
December 13, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4505 N Broad St 0 4
December 11, 2018 Louisiana Natchitoches Caspari St and University Pkwy 1 3
December 9, 2018 North Carolina Laurinburg Lees Mill Rd 1 3
December 9, 2018 Wisconsin Madison 3554 E Washington Ave 0 4
December 8, 2018 California Inglewood 801 S Inglewood Ave 0 5
December 8, 2018 New York Corona (Queens) 89-25 130th St 0 5
December 1, 2018 Florida Miami NW Fifth Ave and NW Eighth St 0 5
November 26, 2018 Tennessee Powell Tammy Dr 0 4
November 25, 2018 Alabama Demopolis Floyd St and Field St 2 2
November 25, 2018 Texas Houston 4500 block of Yale St 1 3
November 25, 2018 California Oakland 1000 block of 24th St 0 4
November 23, 2018 Florida Miami 5801 NW 27th Ave 2 5
November 22, 2018 Indiana Fort Wayne 6100 block of Downingtown Dr 3 2
November 21, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 4200 block of Shreve Ave 0 4
November 19, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5100 block of Malcolm St 4 0
November 19, 2018 Colorado Denver 1200 21st Street 1 4
November 18, 2018 California Los Angeles (Watts) 95th St and Defiance Ave 1 4
November 16, 2018 Arkansas Little Rock 4405 W 14th St 3 1
November 14, 2018 Louisiana Baton Rouge 4800 block of Gus Young Ave 3 1
November 13, 2018 New Mexico Gallup CR 1 and Defiance Draw Rd 4 1
November 13, 2018 Indiana Indianapolis 2007 Blue Pine Ln 2 2
November 12, 2018 North Carolina Dunn 4640 Woods Crossroads Rd 3 1
November 11, 2018 Arizona Globe 598 N Broad St 3 1
November 7, 2018 California Thousand Oaks 99 Rolling Oaks Dr 13 2
November 3, 2018 New York Watertown 136 Franklin St 0 5
November 2, 2018 California Long Beach (North Long Beach) 5800 block of Brayton Ave 0 4
November 2, 2018 Florida Tallahassee 1950 Thomasville Rd 3 5
November 1, 2018 Minnesota Minneapolis 3400 block of Girard Ave N 0 5
November 1, 2018 Missouri Springfield 906 E Locust St 2 2
October 31, 2018 Michigan Detroit 19000 block of Langholm St 1 3
October 30, 2018 California Vallejo Woodrow Ave and Reis Ave 2 3
October 30, 2018 California Los Angeles 65th Place and Vermont Avenue 0 5
October 29, 2018 California Riverside 3252 Mission Inn Ave 0 7
October 28, 2018 Arkansas El Dorado 2 Whites Quarters 2 2
October 27, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 4275 Ladyslipper 0 5
October 27, 2018 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 5898 Wilkins Ave 11 7
October 26, 2018 New Jersey Jersey City 77 Brinkerhoff St 1 3
October 24, 2018 Illinois Chicago 6200 block of S King Dr 0 5
October 22, 2018 Illinois Chicago 9231 S Cottage Grove Av 0 6
October 21, 2018 Florida Jacksonville 900 block of A Philip Randolph Blvd 1 5
October 21, 2018 Washington Lakewood 8722 S Tacoma Way 1 3
October 16, 2018 Georgia Atlanta Broad St 0 4
October 15, 2018 Tennessee Columbia 1075 Carters Creek Pike 5 0
October 14, 2018 Nevada Las Vegas 2815 W Lake Mead Blvd 3 1
October 14, 2018 Texas Fort Worth 5310 E Rosedale St 0 4
October 14, 2018 California Palo Alto (East Palo Alto) 2500 block of Pulgas Ave 2 2
October 13, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 400 block of Midlothian Road 0 4
October 13, 2018 Texas Taft 511 Wilburn St 4 1
October 12, 2018 South Carolina Spartanburg 1620 John B White Sr Blvd 0 6
October 12, 2018 Nevada Las Vegas 6500 block of W Charleston Blvd 0 4
October 8, 2018 Alabama Birmingham Joppa Ave 0 4
October 6, 2018 Oklahoma Tulsa 9453 E 31st St 0 4
October 6, 2018 Texas Houston 6802 Cullen Blvd 1 3
October 6, 2018 California Oakland Williams St and Telegraph Ave 0 6
October 4, 2018 New Mexico Espanola (Española) 1813 N Riverside Dr 1 3
October 4, 2018 Georgia Swainsboro Lucky St 0 4
October 3, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5101 Germantown Ave 1 4
October 3, 2018 South Carolina Florence 932 Ashton Dr 2 6
October 1, 2018 Illinois Chicago 500 block of S Michigan Ave 2 2
September 30, 2018 California Compton 200 block N Long Beach Blvd 1 3
September 29, 2018 Florida Orlando 1700 block of 24th St 1 4
September 28, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5100 block of Haverford Ave 2 2
September 24, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 1528 Ragan St 3 2
September 23, 2018 California Bakersfield 2600 block of Chandler Court 1 4
September 23, 2018 California Baldwin Park 3700 block of Loma Lane 0 4
September 22, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 1800 block of Benning Rd 0 4
September 22, 2018 New York Hempstead Dolan St 0 4
September 20, 2018 Maryland Aberdeen 1501 Perryman Rd 4 3
September 20, 2018 New York Syracuse 1317 Midland Ave 0 5
September 19, 2018 Wisconsin Middleton 1850 Deming Way 1 4
September 19, 2018 Illinois Chicago W Cermak Rd and S State St 0 4
September 19, 2018 Pennsylvania Masontown 1 E Church St 1 4
September 18, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans (Algiers) 1100 block of Sumner St 0 4
September 18, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 4622 Faronia Rd 0 4
September 17, 2018 Maryland Silver Spring 123 Amberleigh Dr 4 1
September 15, 2018 Wisconsin Milwaukee 820 S 21st St 0 4
September 12, 2018 California Bakersfield 660 Manwell Blvd 6 0
September 11, 2018 Illinois Chicago 10600 block of S Bensley Avenue 0 4
September 10, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 140 Lt George W Lee Ave 0 5
September 9, 2018 Alabama Auburn 224 W Magnolia St 1 4
September 9, 2018 Florida Jacksonville N/A 0 4
September 9, 2018 Illinois Elgin 550 S McLean Blvd 1 3
September 7, 2018 Minnesota Minneapolis 2024 N Washington Ave 1 3
September 6, 2018 Ohio Cincinnati 511 Walnut St 4 2
September 4, 2018 Georgia Albany 1200 block of Gillespie Ave 0 4
September 2, 2018 Arkansas Fort Smith 801 Garrison Ave 0 4
September 2, 2018 Texas San Antonio 600 block of Morningview St 0 4
September 2, 2018 Alabama Birmingham 500 23rd St S 0 7
September 2, 2018 New Jersey Paterson 43 12th Ave 2 2
September 2, 2018 California San Bernardino 1277 East Lynwood Drive 0 8
September 2, 2018 New Jersey Trenton Stuyvesant Ave and Bryn Mawr Ave 0 4
September 1, 2018 Ohio Cleveland 3232 Lakeside Ave East 1 7
September 1, 2018 Florida Fort Lauderdale (Lauderhill) 5225 NW 24th Ct 1 3
August 31, 2018 Colorado Aurora 1900 block of Peoria St 2 3
August 27, 2018 Arkansas Pine Bluff 2600 block of W 34th Ave 1 3
August 26, 2018 Florida Jacksonville 2 Independent Dr 3 9
August 26, 2018 Texas Wichita Falls 2400 block of Sheppard Access Rd 1 3
August 25, 2018 Virginia Richmond 4 N 18th St 0 5
August 25, 2018 Tennessee Nashville 1564 9th Ave N 1 4
August 23, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5800 block of Oakland St 0 4
August 23, 2018 Maryland Baltimore 1700 block of Homestead St 0 4
August 22, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis I-64 and Jefferson Ave 0 4
August 21, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 2119 E Alcy Rd 0 4
August 20, 2018 Tennessee Jackson 60 Heritage Square 1 4
August 20, 2018 Ohio Cleveland E 94th St and Kinsman Rd 1 3
August 19, 2018 Illinois Chicago 7400 block of S Dante Ave 0 5
August 18, 2018 New York Bronx 925 Allerton Ave 0 4
August 17, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1600 block of W 65th St 0 7
August 15, 2018 South Carolina Greenwood Mimosa Ct 0 5
August 14, 2018 Pennsylvania Wyncote 1000 S Easton Rd 0 5
August 12, 2018 California Clearlake 4786 Yarrington Ct 4 1
August 12, 2018 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh (East Liberty) 5600 block of Broad St 0 4
August 11, 2018 Ohio Columbus 1280 Summit St 0 4
August 11, 2018 California San Francisco Geneva St and Mission St 1 4
August 11, 2018 Colorado Thornton 4050 E 100th Ave 1 3
August 10, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 1515 N 13th St 0 4
August 10, 2018 Michigan Detroit 6300 block of Vinewood St 0 4
August 8, 2018 New Jersey Paterson Mercer St and Franklin St 0 4
August 8, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia North 12th Street and West Huntingdon Street 2 4
August 5, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1 block of N Leclaire Ave 1 4
August 5, 2018 Illinois Chicago 900 block of S Karlov Ave 0 4
August 5, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1600 block of S Avers Ave 0 4
August 5, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1300 block of W 76th St 0 8
August 5, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1300 block of S Millard Ave 1 5
August 4, 2018 Missouri Kansas City E 18th St and Highland Ave 0 6
August 4, 2018 Nevada Las Vegas 3400 block of Coran Ln 0 6
August 4, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1600 block of N Leclaire Ave 1 3
August 4, 2018 Wisconsin Milwaukee 40th St and Vliet St 0 4
July 31, 2018 California Gardena 1212 West 135th Street 2 3
July 30, 2018 Georgia Savannah 12328 Largo Dr 0 4
July 30, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1200 block of S Avers Ave 0 4
July 29, 2018 Pennsylvania York 100 block of E Maple St 0 4
July 29, 2018 Arizona Phoenix 2501 E Van Buren St 1 4
July 29, 2018 Michigan Lansing Spring and River Street 0 4
July 28, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 3400 S Claiborne Ave 3 7
July 28, 2018 California Los Angeles 8801 S Vermont Ave 2 4
July 27, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1100 block of S Troy St 0 4
July 27, 2018 Texas Robstown 603 East Avenue J 5 0
July 26, 2018 Ohio Cleveland 18416 St Clair Ave 1 6
July 26, 2018 California Oakland 73rd Ave and Bancroft Ave 2 2
July 26, 2018 Texas Dallas 3019 South Blvd 0 6
July 25, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 7000 block of Bullard Ave 0 4
July 23, 2018 Illinois Chicago 6400 block of S May St 0 5
July 21, 2018 Maryland Baltimore 1000 block of Dundalk Ave 0 4
July 21, 2018 Illinois Chicago 3100 block of W Fulton St 2 5
July 20, 2018 Washington Sunnyside 500 block of S 15th St 1 4
July 20, 2018 New Jersey Elizabeth 323 Irvington Ave 0 4
July 18, 2018 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 7201 Melrose Ln 0 4
July 16, 2018 Florida Palm Beach Gardens (Riviera Beach) 2100 block of W 28th St 2 4
July 16, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2100 block of N 4th St 1 4
July 16, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 300 block of 53rd St NE 1 4
July 15, 2018 Colorado Denver 50th Ave and Grant St 0 4
July 15, 2018 Tennessee Chattanooga 1400 Cowart St 0 5
July 14, 2018 Maryland Fort Washington 9500 block of Fort Foote Rd 0 4
July 13, 2018 Virginia Richmond 1401 Roseneath Rd 1 3
July 12, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 3678 Powers Rd 0 5
July 11, 2018 Texas Houston 9550 Bissonnet St 0 4
July 11, 2018 Florida Reddick 16300 block of NW Gainesville Rd 0 4
July 9, 2018 Delaware Wilmington 2709 Ferris Rd 5 0
July 9, 2018 Florida Orlando Southland Blvd and Orange Blossom Trail 1 4
July 8, 2018 Alabama Brandon 565 US-80 0 6
July 8, 2018 Tennessee Memphis Mount Moriah Rd and Mendenhall Rd 0 4
July 7, 2018 Alabama Wetumpka 135 Granite Way 3 2
July 5, 2018 New York Brooklyn 280 Herkimer St 0 4
July 5, 2018 New York Albany First St and Lexington Ave 0 4
July 5, 2018 California Los Angeles 1600 block of W. 2nd Street 3 3
July 5, 2018 Virginia Virginia Beach 1800 block of Atlantic Ave 0 6
July 5, 2018 Ohio Lima 1440 Bellefontaine Ave 1 5
July 4, 2018 Indiana Gary 3400 block of Pierce St 1 3
July 4, 2018 Georgia Atlanta 5456 E Fayetteville Rd 1 3
July 3, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 1700 block of Billups Ave 1 5
July 3, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 1700 block of Benning Rd NE 0 4
July 2, 2018 New York Buffalo Grape St 2 2
July 1, 2018 Illinois Chicago 3400 block of W Walnut Ave 0 6
June 30, 2018 Georgia Ashburn 800 Block of W. Washington 1 6
June 30, 2018 Maryland Baltimore 4000 block of Penhurst Ave 0 6
June 30, 2018 New Jersey Jersey City Lexington Ave and John F Kennedy Blvd 0 5
June 28, 2018 Maryland Annapolis 888 Bestgate Rd 5 0
June 27, 2018 California Oakland 8901 MacArthur Boulevard 1 3
June 27, 2018 Texas San Antonio 100 block of Holly Street 0 4
June 27, 2018 Connecticut Hartford 124 Hillside Ave 0 4
June 25, 2018 Illinois Chicago 3900 block of S Vincennes Ave 0 6
June 24, 2018 North Carolina Sanford 109 S Steele St 1 6
June 24, 2018 Florida Punta Gorda 2450 Harbour Dr 0 4
June 24, 2018 Florida Indiantown 17068 SW Palm Beach St 0 4
June 24, 2018 Florida Palm Beach Gardens (Riviera Beach) 1200 block of W 35th St 1 3
June 24, 2018 Ohio Sandusky 1504 Milan Rd 0 5
June 24, 2018 Indiana Gary 2500 block of Harrison Street 1 3
June 23, 2018 Kansas Wichita 1403 Harding St 0 4
June 23, 2018 Illinois Chicago 100 block of East 51st St 1 4
June 23, 2018 Tennessee Covington 319 N High St 0 4
June 22, 2018 Pennsylvania Homestead (Munhall) 1324 Margaret St 1 3
June 21, 2018 California San Bernardino 279 W Base Line 1 3
June 21, 2018 Louisiana Morganza Deaton Ln 0 4
June 21, 2018 Illinois Chicago 6500 block of S Claremont Ave 0 4
June 20, 2018 California Modesto 2300 block of West Hatch Road 0 5
June 19, 2018 Alabama Huntsville 905 Lee Dr NW 0 4
June 18, 2018 Illinois Bloomington 311 Riley Dr 3 1
June 18, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1300 block of S Loomis St 2 3
June 17, 2018 North Carolina Charlotte 3215 Queen City Dr 0 4
June 17, 2018 New Jersey Trenton 635 S Clinton Ave 1 19
June 17, 2018 Georgia Macon 325 Edgewood Ln 1 3
June 17, 2018 Illinois Chicago 2200 block of S Sacramento Ave 0 4
June 14, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 400 block of Penn St 0 4
June 14, 2018 California Union City 32992 Mission Blvd 0 5
June 14, 2018 California Tracy West 6th Street 1 4
June 14, 2018 New York Buffalo Marigold Ave 1 4
June 14, 2018 Colorado Westminster 5150 W 80th Ave 1 3
June 12, 2018 New York Bronx W 166th St and Summit Ave 0 4
June 11, 2018 Alabama Montgomery 3220 block of Virginia Pines Ln 0 4
June 11, 2018 Florida Orlando 4932 Eaglesmere Dr 5 1
June 10, 2018 Florida Bradenton 5627 14th St W 1 5
June 10, 2018 California Valley Village 12719 Tiara St 0 6
June 10, 2018 Indiana Indianapolis (Lawrence) 4745 N Richardt Ave 1 4
June 10, 2018 Illinois Aurora 300 block of W Park Ave 0 7
June 10, 2018 Illinois Bloomington 1200 block of Orchard Rd 2 2
June 10, 2018 Illinois Chicago 6400 block of S Eberhart Ave 1 5
June 9, 2018 Massachusetts Boston 14 Copeland St 0 4
June 9, 2018 North Carolina Kannapolis 1709 S Cannon Blvd 0 4
June 9, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2000 block of 20th St 1 4
June 5, 2018 Florida Jacksonville Town Center Pkwy 3 1
June 3, 2018 Texas Dallas 4500 Spring Ave 0 5
June 3, 2018 Illinois Chicago 1200 block of W 73rd Pl 1 3
June 2, 2018 Nebraska Omaha S 11th St and Farnam St 1 6
June 2, 2018 New York Buffalo Strauss Street 0 5
May 31, 2018 South Carolina Timmonsville 544 Chaney Grove Rd 3 2
May 27, 2018 Louisiana Shreveport 857 E Stoner Ave 0 4
May 27, 2018 Colorado Aurora 15373 E 6th Ave 1 3
May 25, 2018 Ohio Cincinnati 1000 block of Ross Avenue 0 4
May 20, 2018 Indiana Anderson 1604 Madison Ave 0 4
May 20, 2018 Mississippi Hazlehurst 513 Monticello St 1 7
May 18, 2018 Texas Santa Fe 16000 Hwy 6 10 13
May 16, 2018 Texas Ponder 610 Lone Star Park Ln 5 1
May 14, 2018 Maryland Baltimore 2020 Etting St 0 4
May 13, 2018 California Stockton 2436 Belleview Street 3 2
May 13, 2018 Mississippi Byhalia French Rd and Berta Rd 0 4
May 13, 2018 California Los Angeles 365 W Manchester Avenue 2 2
May 12, 2018 Nebraska Omaha 3201 Decatur St 0 6
May 12, 2018 New Jersey Paulsboro 275 W Buck St 0 4
May 11, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 4800 block of Farlin Ave 0 4
May 11, 2018 Oklahoma Talihina 2nd St and Dallas St 1 4
May 9, 2018 Nebraska Omaha Sahler St and N 48th St 0 4
May 9, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 5200 block of Minerva Avenue 0 4
May 7, 2018 California San Diego 15th St and J St 0 5
May 6, 2018 Oklahoma Stillwater 2020 East Lakeview Road 0 4
May 6, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 499 North Watkins 2 4
May 5, 2018 Georgia Columbus 4944 Sentry Street 0 5
May 4, 2018 North Carolina Henderson 519 Hilliard St 0 4
May 4, 2018 Illinois Chicago Heights 200 block of E 23rd St 0 4
May 2, 2018 Illinois Chicago 3500 block of W Grenshaw St 1 4
May 2, 2018 Minnesota Minneapolis 2400 block of Ogema Place 0 6
May 2, 2018 New York Brooklyn Bristol St 1 4
May 1, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 3200 block of Saint Claude Ave 0 5
April 30, 2018 Florida Pompano Beach 4251 N Dixie Hwy 0 4
April 30, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 3600 block of New York Ave NE 0 4
April 29, 2018 Tennessee Wartburg 519 South Kingston St 0 4
April 29, 2018 Washington Seattle (Skyway) 12603 Renton Ave S 2 2
April 29, 2018 North Carolina Monroe 1500 block of Massey St 1 3
April 29, 2018 Florida West Palm Beach 1969 S Military Trail 1 3
April 28, 2018 North Carolina Maxton Modest Rd 0 5
April 25, 2018 Arkansas Pine Bluff 300 block of West 24th Street 0 4
April 25, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis 1151 Northdale Dr 3 1
April 24, 2018 Michigan Flint 2200 block of Ave A 0 4
April 22, 2018 Tennessee Antioch 3571 Murfreesboro Pike 4 3
April 22, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 1900 block of St Roch Ave 1 5
April 21, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1800 block of W Diamond St 2 2
April 20, 2018 California San Francisco 3rd Street and Quesada Ave 1 5
April 18, 2018 North Carolina Asheville 73 Hansel Ave 4 3
April 15, 2018 Louisiana Shreveport 6956 Jewella Ave 0 6
April 9, 2018 California Vallejo 201 Maine St 0 4
April 8, 2018 North Carolina Hickory 247 1st Ave NW 1 3
April 8, 2018 Florida Miami 1300 block of NW 63rd Terrace 2 2
April 6, 2018 Florida Jacksonville 6100 block of Transylvania Ave 0 4
April 6, 2018 Virginia Virginia Beach 5800 block of Pickering St 1 3
April 4, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 3300 Garden Oaks Drive 2 2
April 2, 2018 Texas Houston 8500 block of Redcliff Rd 1 3
April 1, 2018 Alabama Mobile 3556 Halls Mill Rd 1 4
April 1, 2018 Michigan Saginaw 600 block of Yale St 0 5
March 31, 2018 New Jersey Asbury Park Atlantic Ave and Monmouth Ave 0 5
March 29, 2018 Texas Plano 7401 Alma Dr 1 3
March 29, 2018 New Jersey Camden Kaighn Ave and Haddon Ave 0 4
March 24, 2018 Utah Salt Lake City (West Valley City) 3180 South 5600 West 0 4
March 21, 2018 California San Francisco 949 Geneva Ave 1 5
March 17, 2018 Kentucky Louisville 2928 W Kentucky St 0 7
March 17, 2018 Illinois Harvey 16700 S Halsted St 0 4
March 13, 2018 Florida Macclenny South Blvd 0 4
March 12, 2018 California Modesto 2000 block of Robertson Rd 0 4
March 11, 2018 Illinois Champaign 700 block of N Hickory St 1 3
March 11, 2018 Michigan Saginaw Cumberland Ave and Hess St 0 5
March 11, 2018 Indiana South Bend 800 block of E Dayton St 0 6
March 9, 2018 North Carolina Wadesboro 1300 E Caswell St 3 1
March 7, 2018 Alabama Hurtsboro 531 Main Street 2 2
March 4, 2018 Illinois Rockford 400 Howard Ave 1 4
March 3, 2018 Florida Miami 1300 Block of NW 62nd Ln 0 4
March 3, 2018 New York Brooklyn Kings Highway and Utica Avenue 1 3
February 27, 2018 Connecticut Bridgeport 1306 Stratford Ave 0 4
February 26, 2018 Michigan Detroit 22000 block of Fenkell Ave 5 0
February 23, 2018 Florida Palm Beach Gardens (Riviera Beach) W 23rd St 1 3
February 18, 2018 Texas San Antonio 2893 Cinema Ridge 0 5
February 17, 2018 Kansas Kansas City 1615 Minnesota 1 7
February 17, 2018 Tennessee Memphis 3188 N Watkins Ave 0 5
February 16, 2018 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1700 block of SW 15 1 3
February 14, 2018 Florida Pompano Beach (Parkland) 5901 Pine Island Rd 17 17
February 13, 2018 Louisiana New Orleans 5400 block of Andry Street 3 3
February 11, 2018 Michigan Detroit 19432 Lamont Street 4 3
February 10, 2018 Kentucky Paintsville 413 Mill Street 5 0
February 7, 2018 Florida Lake Worth (Lantana) I-95 and Lantana Ave 3 3
February 5, 2018 Colorado Colorado Springs 4225 Galley Rd 2 4
February 3, 2018 Ohio Cleveland (Garfield Heights) 11321 Broadway Ave 1 5
January 31, 2018 Missouri Saint Louis Goodfellow Blvd and Dr Martin Luther King Dr 0 4
January 28, 2018 Pennsylvania Melcroft 1301 Indian Creek Valley Rd 5 0
January 28, 2018 Pennsylvania Reading 123 S 3rd St 4 0
January 28, 2018 Indiana Indianapolis 1313 N Sherman Dr 2 3
January 27, 2018 California Los Angeles 243 East 119th St 0 5
January 27, 2018 Kentucky Bowling Green 645 Pearl Street 0 4
January 25, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 1600 block of Kenilworth Ave NE 0 4
January 23, 2018 Pennsylvania Philadelphia N 24th St and Ridge Ave 0 4
January 23, 2018 Kentucky Benton 416 High School Rd 2 14
January 21, 2018 Florida Orlando 3101 Willow Bend Blvd 0 4
January 21, 2018 Illinois Chicago 3200 W Division St 0 4
January 17, 2018 District of Columbia Washington 2000 block of 16th St SE 1 3
January 15, 2018 Florida Alachua 14223 NW 156th Pl 0 5
January 14, 2018 Alabama Eutaw 809 Mesopotamia St 1 4
January 14, 2018 Alabama Madison 101 Westchester Dr 0 4
January 12, 2018 Tennessee Nashville 2614 Jenkins Ct 3 2
January 11, 2018 Missouri Saint Robert (St Robert) St Robert Outer Road and Houston Road 2 2
January 7, 2018 Alabama Union Springs U.S. Highway 29 1 5
January 7, 2018 Florida Plantation 5225 W Broward Blvd 0 4
January 5, 2018 Mississippi Hattiesburg 6168 US 49 0 6
January 4, 2018 Arkansas Brinkley 615 W 6th St 1 3
January 1, 2018 Alabama Huntsville 2025 Sparkman Dr NW 1 3

Particular Incident - Parkland, Florida High School Shooting A mass shooting that has made its way to the top three deadliest school shootings took place in Pompano Beach (Parkland), Florida High School. Unfortunately, Florida as a state have encoutered these tregedies time and time again with a total amount of mass shootings equal to 30. According to the NY Daily News, the Parkland shooting is the third most deadly school shooting in history not far behind the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. Parkland’s mass shooting caused a larger than usual outcry for improved gun laws and restrictions to be implemented. With that said, an article from the NPR, presents a graph that tells a different story. The graph presented shows the urgency of implementing new gun restrictions with a poll over the last few decades. While the graph clearly shows a upward spike after the Parkland shooting, within a year; there has been a considerable downtrend, meaning the majority don’t feel a strong urgency to change the current laws as much as they used to.

Map of US Mass Shootings in 2018:

Upon click of any marker, you are given information about the particular mass shooting with significant information such as City, State, Number of People Killed, and Number of People Injured.

The reason for why I have chosen to use bar chart for my plot is because it allows me to show most of my states without the use of scrolling; which wouldn’t be possibly with a histogram. Presenting the total mass shooting count on the x-axis helps the reader quickly understand the data presented as the y-axis already clearly presents states (both written out and titled). The bar-chart allows viewers to understand which states are at higher risks of mass shootings (e.g., California and Illinois) and which states aren’t (e.g., Massachusetts and Delware).